Phoneme Chart: English Vowel and Consonant Sounds
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20 Vowel Phonemes |
24 Consonant Phonemes |
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/ ɪ / |
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pit |
/ p / |
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pit |
/ e / |
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pet |
/ b / |
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bit |
/ æ / |
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pat |
/ t / |
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time |
/ ɒ / |
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pot |
/ d / |
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door |
/ ʌ / |
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luck |
/ k / |
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cat |
/ ʊ / |
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good |
/ g / |
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get |
/ ə / |
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a go |
/ f / |
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fan |
/ i: / |
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meat |
/ v / |
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van |
/ ɑ: / |
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car |
/ θ / |
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th ink |
/ ɔ: / |
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door |
/ ð / |
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th at |
/ ɜ: / |
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girl |
/ s / |
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send |
/ u: / |
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too |
/ z / |
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zip |
/ eɪ / |
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day |
/ m / |
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man |
/ aɪ / |
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sky |
/ n / |
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nice |
/ ɔɪ / |
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boy |
/ ŋ / |
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ring |
/ ɪə / |
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beer |
/ l / |
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l eg |
/ eə / |
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bear |
/ r / |
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r at |
/ ʊə / |
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tour |
/ w / |
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wet |
/ əʊ / |
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go |
/ h / |
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hat |
/ aʊ / |
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cow |
/ j / |
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y et |
/ ʃ / |
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shop |
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/ ʒ / |
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leisure |
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/ ʧ / |
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chop |
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/ ʤ / |
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j ump |
For a complete list of codes for symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet including diacritics and suprasegmentals, visit www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/ipa-unicode.
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